Penholder.



No. 683715. Pafented Oct. 190:.

- .1. v. WASHBURNE.

PENHULDEBL- (Application filed Sept. 17, 1900.

(No model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES V. VVASHBURNE, OF W'ATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

PENHOLDER.

SFECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 683,715, dated October1, 1901.

Application filed $eptember 17, 1900. Serial No. 30,235. (No model.)

To a whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES V. WAsHBUENn, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented an Improvement in Penholders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Heretofore and because of corrosion and thickened ink it has beendifficult to remove pens from penholders after a period of continueduse. This condition arises largely because penholders are usually madewith concentric surfaces between which the pens have been received, andthis construction really assists the corroding of the pen and theclogging up of the holder, and my invention is designed to overcomethese difficulties.

- In carrying out my invention the pen is received within the tubularend of the holder and is held against the inner surface thereof by asuitable lever pivotally connected to a suitable support and arranged toswing longitudinally of the tubular end. In my improvement the pen isheld between the said inner surface of the tubular end and an edge ofthe said lever and is released by swinging the lever into its openposition. Usually when the lever is in the open position the pen willfall out of the tubular end by gravity; but if the pen adheres to thetubular end a slight blow will release the same without the necessity ofapplying force. The said support is to be connected to the penholder inany desired manner.'

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section and partialelevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section and partial elevation atright angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an end View, representing a formof my invention. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section and partial elevation,and Fig. 5 a longitudinal section and partial elevation at right anglesto Fig. 4:, representing a form of my invention. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal section andpartial elevation, and Fig. 7 an end View,showing a form of my invention. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section andpartial elevation specially illustrating a form of support within thetubular end; and Fig. 9 is an end view of the tubular end and lever,showing still another form of my invention.

The handle a may be of any desired material and is preferably providedwith a reduced end 2, over which the tubular end I), preferably ofmetal, is received and held to the handle. 0 represents a lever arranged1ongitu dinally of the tubular end Z) and adapted to engage the pen ebetween the curved inner surface of the tubular end and an edge of thesaid lever, the release of the pen being effected by swinging the leverinto its open position. This lever c is pivoted to a suitable support01, provided therefor, and which support is connected to the penholder.This sup port is preferably within and extending across andlongitudinally of the tubular end. The lever is preferably made of sheetmetal pivoted to the support.

In Figs. 1 and 4 the lever is shown ina gripping position in full linesand in the open position in dotted lines, and in Figs. 3, 6, 7, and. 9in a gripping or closed position in full lines alone and the free orhandle end 3 of the lever being adapted to be grasped to effeet theswinging of the same in gripping and releasing the pen. The support towhich the said lever is pivotally connected I prefer to make in the formof a plate of metal or other suitable material which has one edge inpart reduced to provide for the insertion of the pen into the tubularend. Figs. 4 and 5 show a single plate or blade of metal extendingacross and longitudinally of the tubular end and received in a slot inthe reduced end of the handle, the said lever being pivoted upon oneface of the said plate. The said plate may beprovided, as shown in Fig.4, with an open center, so as to lighten the plate and reduce the Weightof metal without interfering with the stiffness of the plate. In Figs.1, 2, and 3 the said lever is shown as pivoted between two plates orblades received in adjacent slots in one end of the handle. Both of saidblades, however, may be placed in the same slot, although a better holdis obtained by employing two slots. It will be noticed that in Fig. 1the said lever c in its engaging position, as shown in full lines, hasthe handle end outside of and parallel with the tubular end 6 and thatthe dotted or open position of the lever brings the handle endsubstantially within the parallel sides of the tubular end 79. Theadvantage of this construction is that the projecting or handle end whenthe penholder lies upon a desk serves to prevent the penholder rolling.

In the form of lever shown in Figs. 4 and 5 it will be noticed that whenthe same is in its gripping or closed position, as shown in full lines,the handle end comes substantially within the parallel sides of thetubular end and that when in the open position (shown in dotted lines)the handle end of the lever projects outside of the tubular end b; butIdo not limit myself in any respect to the form of lever or support asshown or to the position which either of the same may or. cupy.

In Figs. 6 and 7 a band f surrounds the tubular end and the free ends ofthe band are parallel, and between them the lever c is pivoted by thepin 4, and the said tubular end is recessed or so formed as to receivethe said lever and permit the same to swing, so

as to coact with the tube in holding the pen in place.

In Fig. 9 the tubular end is itself made with projections or lugs (3adjacent'to the outer end and between and to which the lever c ispivotally connected, this latter form being the simplest form of theinvention. Fig. 8 shows a form of internal support for the lever, inwhich said support, as a blade, is provided with a lug or projection 5,passing into a perforation in the tubular end Z) for the purpose ofholding the support within the tubular end. More than one lug orprojection 5 may be employed, if desired. All of the said levers are soformed that in the open position the contacting edge is free from thepen, and when in the closed position the pen is pressed against theinner surface of the tubular end I) by an edge of the said lever broughtinto position by the swinging action, which edge is slightly eccentricor farther from the pivot than the portion brought into opposition inthe open position.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with the handle and tubularend of a penholder, of a support in the form of a plate extending acrosswithin and longitudinally of the tubular end and a swinging pivotedlever arranged within and longi tudinally of the tubular end and pivotedto the said support, so that the pen is held between the inner surfaceof the tubular end and an edge of the said lever or is released byswinging the lever on its pivot, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the handle and tubular end of a penholder, of asupport in the form of a plate extending across within andlongitudinally of the tubular end, and a lever consisting of plate ofmetal within and extending longitudinally of the tubular end and pivotedto the said support and adapted in one position to hold the pen betweenthe inner surface of the tubular end and an edge of the said leverand torelease the pen when swung into the reverse position, substantially asset forth.

3. A penholder-handle having a lengthwise slot at one end and a tubularend surrounding the same, a support in the form of a plate or blade ofmetal extending lengthwise through across the tubular end and receivedand held within said slot, and a pivoted swinging lever arranged withinand longitudinally of the said tubular end and pivotally connectedadjacent to the free end of the said blade of metal and adapted in oneposition to hold the pen between the inner surface of the tubular endand an edge of the said lover or to release the pen in a reverseposit-ion, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the tubular metal end, of a handle havingareduced end longitudinally slotted and adapted to fit into the saidtubular end, two substantially parallel longitu(finally-extending bladesreceived in the slotted reduced end of the handle, and a swingingedgewise-gripping lever between and pivoted adjacent to the free ends ofsaid blades and adapted in one position tohold the pen between the innersurface of the tubular end and an edge of the gripping-lever or torelease the same in the opposite position, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the tubular metal end, of a handle having areduced end longi tudinally slotted and adapted to fit into the saidtubular end, a blade of metal extending lengthwise through across thetubular end and received and held Within said slot-and having a reducedportion, and a lever of sheet metal having an eccentrically arrangedportion pivoted adjacent to the free end of said blade and an extendingfree end to be grasped by the finger and arranged within and1ongitudinally of the tubular end and parallel with the said blade ofmetal so as to hold the pen between the inner surface of the tubular endand an edge of the said lever and to release the pen when the lever isswung into the opposite position, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 13th day of September, A. D. 1900.

JAMES V. WASHBURNE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. SERRELL, S. T. HAVILAND.

